“Letters and Numbers,” from the Russell Manufacturing Company, is a curious creation. It’s essentially an alphabet book; some of the letters are repeated to pad the deck out to 40 cards, which are arranged into four suits (Planet, Moon, Star and Comet) of ten cards each. Several games are suggested; but children are encouraged to make up their own.
But the pictures are handsome; and the gravure process makes those colors delicious.
(Posted by Doug Skinner)
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1 mamie // May 1, 2009 at 4:44 pm
This card is painfully, exquisitely beautiful! Really stunning!
2 Gail // May 28, 2009 at 9:06 pm
rich and velvety color……I like the insect-like shooting star in the upper left corner, and the blobby magenta car, as an excuse just to get some blobby magenta COLOR into the picture…..the artist really didn’t care about representation……it’s just a day job……..and he/she was overqualified.